Black Conservative View on the NFL Players Protest

NFL Players Protesting

NFL players can choose to protest the police misconduct, social injustice, and racism experienced by Black Americans in any manner they choose. And the owners of the teams have the right to discipline the players according to their contract even to the point of releasing them. 

President Trump can voice his opinion until he’s hoarse, it is just hot air. This is a private matter that is to be resolved between the owners and the players who have an agreement between their association and the owners.

True NFL Fans will Continue to Watch
Those of us who are true NFL fans will continue to watch the games and enjoy doing so. It is an opportunity to relax and have fun – the politics, in this instance, can easily be ignored. 

The players are still playing hard and trying to win. The blocking and tackling is the same as when I started watching the game over 63 years ago.

My Experience as a Black Man
I am a Black man and an Army veteran who both served his country and experienced racism ever since birth. 

My parents were born in the Deep South under the vile and disgusting system of Jim Crow perpetrated by the southern Democrats, including being terrorized by the Klu Klux Klan, Knights of the White Camelia,  and other white supremacist terrorist groups. 

Then after moving to Chicago they experienced racism in the most segregated city in this country dominated by the white racist Democratic machine. This is the environment in which I was born and raised.

Again, I support the NFL players who desire to express their concerns about police misconduct, social injustice, and racism that is still a part of the social fabric of this country. And, I will continue to watch the NFL games as I always have.

I also hope that the NFL players will take the next step and support the organizations, financially and otherwise, that are fighting against police misconduct, social injustice, and racism.

Looking forward to the 2018 NFL season. 

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Black Conservative View on the Simplest and Quickest Way to Protect School Children

The simplest and quickest way to protect children from being murdered while in school is to discontinue having schools as a gun free zone. 

To attempt to eliminate certain types of firearms violates the Second Amendment even more than has already occurred.

Moreover, to do that to someone who has been diagnosed with a mental illness not only denies that person's Second Amendment right to self-defense, but also does not distinguish between the types of mental illnesses. 

All types of mental illnesses should not be associated with the type of person who may commit a mass murder.

Personality of a Mass Murderer
Both persons who committed the mass murder at the Parkland, Florida school and at the Santa Fe School appears to be a sociopath, a person who has a type of Antipersonality Disorder. This person tend to be deceptive and  can be and is often rational in the planning and follow-through of his terrible acts. 

This type of personality disorder is often difficult to diagnose and treat. In contrast, an individual who is experiencing depression or anxiety and is on a mood stabilizer for such conditions is unlikely to be acting to acquire a weapon and planning a mass murder.  

Let’s be clear, the safety of school children is the responsibility of state governments, local governments, and the school boards. Not the President of the United States nor Congress has this responsibility. For example, in Chicago those high schools in the inner-city neighborhoods with a high level of gang activity have uniformed Chicago police officers stationed where the youngsters enter and leave the schools. 

The Chicago Board of Education contracts with the Chicago Police Department to have officers stationed at the schools. The police cars are parked outside of the schools and near the school doors in full view of the public.

Positioning Police Officers
The police officers are stationed inside of the schools and at the doors where they can observe each student who comes into the school. This has been a successful standing policy of the Chicago Public School for decades. 

In addition to the police officers being stationed inside the schools, there are clearly identified civilian patrols in the blocks surrounding the schools who watch the comings and goings of the students. There is no need to be talking about having teachers, counselors, or any other school officials being armed.

I hope that other state and local officials as well as the school boards across the country will consider looking at the Chicago model and consider implementing this type of protection for the children under their care.  

Presidential Steps
Finally, the only benefit that the federal government can provide is for the President to issue an Executive Order for the Department of Education to redirect funds from useless and irrelevant programs and to make those funds available to the states for the sole purpose of improving the safety of the children for whom they have the responsibility.


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